Salman Khan assassination threat: Man held for threatening the star for extortion money worth Rs 2 cr

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Salman Khan was threatened with death again on Tuesday by an unidentified individual. The criminal threatened to assassinate Zeeshan Siddique, the leader of the Maharashtra NCP and the actor, if Mumbai Traffic Control did not pay the Rs 2 crore ransom. Soon after, the Worli police in Mumbai opened an inquiry and filed a case against an unnamed person. The 56-year-old man who was posing the threat was apprehended.

Azam Mohammed Mustafa is the accused who delivered the murder threat to Salman Khan and Zeeshan Siddique, Baba Siddique’s son, according to a PTI report.

He gave an ultimatum to not to consider his message as a joke and to give him Rs 2 crore in a direct message to the Mumbai traffic police’s WhatsApp hotline number. If they don’t, both will end up like Baba Siddique, who was killed on October 12 by three gunmen in the Bandra neighborhood.

Mustafa, a resident of Blue Fame Apartment in Bandra (West), was taken into custody by the police earlier today (Wednesday).

According to a message quoted by the traffic police, the accused said, “Ye ek mazak nahi hai. Baba Siddique ko kaise khatam kiya agla nishana Zeeshan Siddiqui hai aur Salman Khan ko bhi same tarah goli mar di jaegi. Salman Khan aur Zeeshan Siddiqui ko 2 cr rupee dene bolo agar jaan bachana hai toh usko mazak mein mat lena ya koi joke 31 October ke din pata chal jayega. Warning to Zeeshan Siddiqui and Salman Khan. (This is not a joke. The way Baba Siddique was killed, Zeeshan Siddiqui is the next target and Salman Khan will also be shot in the same way. Tell them to give Rs 2 crore. This threat should not be treated as a joke or taken lightly or else you will get to know on October 31.)”

A man from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, was taken into custody by authorities earlier this month in relation to a threat letter that was received to the Mumbai traffic police’s WhatsApp helpline desk, requesting Rs 5 crore from the actor. The individual, who claimed to be a member of Lawrence Bishnoi’s group, demanded Rs 5 crore from the Dabangg actor in order to ease their continuing conflict. The unidentified individual later apologized and said that the prior text was sent in error in a follow-up message.

Additionally, a man from Noida Sector 39 in Uttar Pradesh named Mohammed Tayyab, also known as Gurfan Khan, was also taken into custody for reportedly threatening to kill Khan and Zeeshan.